New system iBUYPOWER

[UB6ftUNDR]

im planning on purchasing this set up any valid thought welcome        

intel core 2 quad Q6600 at 2.4Ghz with processor liquid cooling    
8MB L2 Cache  
1066Mhz front  side bus  
3GB Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance 1GBx2+512x2 DDR2-800 memory
Motherboard
ASUS P5N32-E SLI

Drives
500 GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
20x max DVD+RW drive with double layer support
16x max DVD-ROM drive

Graphics
768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX
Communications
2x Gigabit Ethernet LAN
802.11g wireless network card
Audio
SupremeFX Audio card
ADI 1988B 8 channel high definition audio

logitech keyboard
logitech optical mouse

Expandability
5x5.25 drive bays external
2x3.5 drive bays external
2xPCI-Express x16
1xPCI-Express x16 (8xspeed)
1xPCI-Express x1
2x PCI 2.2

Ports
6x USB 2.0 ports 2x top 4 rear
2x RJ-45 LAN
2x Audio Jacks (top)
2x IEEE1394 firewire (1xtop  1x rear)
2xDVI port 2xPS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
1x optical out
1x coaxial  S/PDIF Out
8 channel audio I/O  ports
media card reader
Operating System and software
Microsoft windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit)
Microsoft Office 2007

Additional Information
800-watt power supply
Black Thermaltake Armor Jr. gaming tower
Blue interior lighting
dimensions 18.5H x 19.5 D x 8.3 W

Total cost  $ 1,999.00

[lambo31]

Hey UB,
 I don't know how you feel about building one yourself, but you could build a bigger monster for about the same money you would spend on that one.
 I'm sure Fulmar and Krusty will be by soon and will help. They helped me put a system together that I'm very proud of.
 
Antec P182 Gun Metal Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS P5K3 DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 768-P2-N835-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (found it for $274 after price cuts went into effect)

CORSAIR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

2 LG 18x DVD R Lightscribe Black IDE Model

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

ZALMAN 9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Windows XP Pro

I spent around $2400 at the time. Prices on some of the things listed are cheaper now.


Lambo

[Getback]

UB,

I'm not the whiz that some are. But that comp looks pretty good to me. Can you grab Windows xp instead?

I built my own comp which is somewhat comparable for around 700 bucks. I already had an excellent case, soundcard, cd & dvd drives. I have soundblaster audigy, not the newer fx and 2 gigs of ram. 600 watt power supply and amd 3 ghz instead of intel. Also have a 250 gig drive and a 512 gt8600. But it runs sooooooo sweet.

When you put in all the higher end items you have, I doubt you can build it much cheaper. Some one will probably prove me wrong. Plus, you have someone to call and complain to. hehe

[UB6ftUNDR]

i know theres only a few things that can take advantage of the Q6600 quad core  but as things change i want tokeep up and be a little ahead of the game i think this system will do it for me andtheres upgrades I should be able to do to it.
As for the price i went to Tiger Direct and it was close to this amount but I would have to put it together and theres a 3 year warranty here

[UB6ftUNDR]

not many comments on this subjest i see.  Mostly wanted to know if it would run AH at a respectaqble level of play with no worrys of low frames  are anything of that nature . I know squat about about computers as you have probably guessed .

[Fulmar]

You'll be able to run Aces High with Max resolution of your monitor.  At LEAST 4x AA and use the 1024 texture pack.  All with constant 60 or 75 FPS depending on your monitor's refresh rate.

I run a E6400, 4gb ram, 8800 GTS 640mb, Asus P5N-E SLI and I run 1600x1050, 4x AA, 1024 texture pack and its a constant 60 FPS no matter what*.  If I turn V-sync off, FPS is around 130-180.

*Unless I'm on the runway in a mission and there's 100 people spawned on top of me.

[Getback]

My comp runs at 60 fps, that's what i have setup to do and texture at 1024. My goodness I can see the bullets hit a plane passing nearly head on. 6ftunder should be able to do the same. I think that will be a great system 6ft.

[OOZ662]

If I can run the same settings as you guys with the same results with a Northwood core Pentium 4 at 3.06GHz, a 6800 with the pipelines unlocked, and 4x512 matching sticks of PC3200 DDR RAM, he ought to be able to.

The question is price. Also note that Aces High's performance depends on the CPU much much more than any other component.

By the way, ditch the second DVD drive if you can. No point in it. You do NOT want Vista on a gaming machine. There's little reason to put it on anything in the first place.

[Fulmar]

Originally posted by OOZ662

By the way, ditch the second DVD drive if you can. No point in it.

I keep a 2nd DVD drive from my DVD-RW because I'm often too lazy to keep putting discs away if I'm using them.

[DAVENRINO]

I have 2 DVD burners because they are almost free anyway and I can copy a disk and go away without having to come back to insert the blank.  Guess I am pretty lazy, also.

[Pudgie]

UB6ftUNDR,

Looks good to me.